ESV4 User’s Manual 97
DI Settings
This function allows users to manage camera’s digital input and output ports right from the recorder. You can setup the recorder to receive triggers from a particular camera’s input port and trigger a device, such as an alarm that is connected to the camera’s output port.
1.For cameras that come with physical digital input ports, their ports will be listed in the far left
2.Pick the desired channel for I/O mapping, and then select the camera’s input port from the
3.Select the trigger condition from the “Condition”
*Only connected cameras will be displayed in the list.
*Some cameras only allow one trigger source be configured at a time, e.g.:
If the camera has the motion detection function turned on, its digital input will be disabled and vice versa. Under such circumstance, if you set to use camera’s digital input port as the event trigger source, you will not be able to select motion detection as the trigger source for this camera under “Event Configurations” >> “Event Trigger” setup page.
*The image(s) that are uploaded to the destined FTP server or emailed to a destined mail recipient are in their own proprietary image file format (.h4i or .p4i), which can only be opened by the NVR media player.
